Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1887-10-27
WHY CAN'T YOU TELL THE
TRUTH WHEN YOU SPEAK
OF Us AND THE TELLER ?"

OF Us AND THE TELLER r
Our Brother Parker in the Free
Press seems to travel outside of all
journalistic courtesy, when he talks about
"Bro. Leland and the TELLER, and
don't hesitate to tell untruths when he
wants to misrepresont both US and the
TELLER to arouse prejudice against us.
Here is what he says in his Free
Press:
''Bro. LELAND, of the story TELLER,
with his usual veracity in his efforts to
keep idaho county in the back ground,
claims in his paper that it will cost
100000 to build wagon road from
the Weiser country to Warrens.
Leland has only exaggerated $4,000
worth. Geo. Riebold will build the
road for $1,000, and as it will be built
before many IN oons Bro. Leland may as
we'll give the recording angel rest.
The above contains two distinct false
hoods, and must have been 80 known to be
when he published the above. The first
is that we never, in all our editorial OK
perience, made an "effort to keep Idaho
county in the background as the
history of the editor and the TELLER
will fully show; second, we never claim
ed in our paper "that it will cost $780,
900 to build wagon road from the
Wciscr country to Warrons.' In fact
We never claimed in our paper any
amount of cost of road from Weiser TO
Warrens, and no one else has made such
a claim in the columns of our paper, and
Bro. Parker knew this fact when he
published that libel upon "Bro Leland. y
Here is what was said in the TELLER, of
Sept. /, 1887, by our local reporter,
when .'Bro. Leland" was in the noun
tains for his health, and had no oppor
tunity to know what was going into the
paper, and did not see that number OF
the paper till weeks after publication,
and when he did see it, had no means OF
knowing that it was hot correct, and
even now has no means at hand, to dis
prove the facts contained in that lral,
and Bro. Parker himself will end j.
difficult to disprove the fact, though he
may assert what he pleases. But here
follows our local reporters language:
"FRoM WARRENs. A. Benson and
Martin Collins returned on Sunday last
from Warrcns camp. Mr. Collins, who
has been in the camp during the past
seven years in the employ of Benson 4
Hexter in their store, has come out to
ROMAN. Mr.. Benson informs us that
the white people of that camp have been
more successful the past year than they
have been for number Of years, and
that every body has good faith in the
old camp yet. All tho quartz mines that
have been developed have paid hand
somely. Good reports come in from the
Alton district, situated thirty miles
southeast Of Warrens, and wagon road
will soon be under construction from the
Weiser valley to this district-via War
rens-at an early date. The cost esti-
mated by DR.. Merrill, formerly of Gro
Fine, but now Of Phillipsburg, Montana,
for the building Of this road will BE-
upwards OF 100000. The lodges now
being worked in the Warrens camp are
the Little Giant and Hawkoye by
Riebold & Co, the w. B. Knott by
N. B. Wiley, and the Liddle & Harp
ster, near Florence by S. s. Fem q Co,
Mr.. Benson will return again to the camp
about the Grst of October"
1t will be seen that this local was
obtained from Mr.. Benson, who is well
known here and in Idaho county as
man Of truth and veracity, and his word
will be taken anywhere in preference to
Bro. Parker, where both arc known.
1t will be seen that the road whose cost
was estimated, was a road from Weiser
to the Alton district via Warrens, which
is thirty miles southeast of Warrcus, and
known byseveryone, who has any knowl,
edge Of the country, to be the most DIFF
fcult and much the most expensive part
of the road to build. Again, the esti-
mated cost Of the road was given by DR..
Merrill, Of Phillipsburg, Montana, and
so stated by the local of the TELLER at
the time Of publication, aud Parker must
have known the fact at the time he
charged us with claiming the cost to be
$500. 900, and Bro. Parker, if he be an
honest man, will publicly acknowledge
that he charged us falsely.
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